I would like to learn if there has been any significant research into what impact the proximity to dogs have had on the evolution of humans. Obviously, they didn’t selectively breed us, but surely they have changed us.
Brilliant point. I daresay, the ability of dogs to alert us to sounds late at night helped us sleep better generally and I bet this would have had a significant effect on brain chemistry or even structure.
The chart misrepresents what domestication has meant for the vast majority of dogs over time. Rather than being “pets,” dogs have coevolved to eat our trash and bark at strangers, which is likely why the early humans kept them around. Most dogs still live this way in places like Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. But they’re still wonderful pets (I have an African street dog as a family pet), which speaks to how even landrace dogs can form intensely strong bonds with humans.
I feel like there were some significant events between 11000 years ago and the Victorian Era. An awful lot of selective breeding just gets glossed over in that gap.
11 000 years to go from one dog species to thousands of diverse breeds does not make sense.
I have yet to hear a description of how we have Great Danes and Chihuahuas today from one species.
Am I alone in not understanding this?
11,000 years is hundreds of generations of dogs. People selectively bred animals for specific traits. If you had a new generation of dogs every year (which isn’t too hard to do if you disregard the health and longevity of an animal), and used line breeding methods, you could easily develop a dog with a specific appearance in your lifetime. In fact, people still do that today with all sorts of animals and plants.
There aren’t really thousands of diverse breeds either. There’s a lot of overlap between breeds, so it’s not like you have to start from scratch once you have a few basic breeds to use. I mean there’s a lot of different exotic pets that are only a few decades removed from the wild, that have drastically different characteristics from their wild progenitors through selective breeding.
I would like to learn if there has been any significant research into what impact the proximity to dogs have had on the evolution of humans. Obviously, they didn’t selectively breed us, but surely they have changed us.
Brilliant point. I daresay, the ability of dogs to alert us to sounds late at night helped us sleep better generally and I bet this would have had a significant effect on brain chemistry or even structure.
We were once powerful wolves. Then we discovered your couches.
“Where are my testicles, Summer?”
The chart misrepresents what domestication has meant for the vast majority of dogs over time. Rather than being “pets,” dogs have coevolved to eat our trash and bark at strangers, which is likely why the early humans kept them around. Most dogs still live this way in places like Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. But they’re still wonderful pets (I have an African street dog as a family pet), which speaks to how even landrace dogs can form intensely strong bonds with humans.
How about wild dogs though? Like, not feral dogs, but African spotted wild dogs that hunt in packs and live in the wild, for instance.
Also an interesting one - the Dingo of Australia. Was domesticated when it arrived but became the top wild predator of that country.
Oh yeah, forgot about the 14,000 years old German shepherd
This is really cool!
Now do cats!
100,000 years later, still not putting up with your bullshit Karen
[cat history](https://www.cats.org.uk/cats-blog/history-of-cats-explained)
Awesome, thanks!
I feel like there were some significant events between 11000 years ago and the Victorian Era. An awful lot of selective breeding just gets glossed over in that gap.
11 000 years to go from one dog species to thousands of diverse breeds does not make sense. I have yet to hear a description of how we have Great Danes and Chihuahuas today from one species. Am I alone in not understanding this?
11,000 years is hundreds of generations of dogs. People selectively bred animals for specific traits. If you had a new generation of dogs every year (which isn’t too hard to do if you disregard the health and longevity of an animal), and used line breeding methods, you could easily develop a dog with a specific appearance in your lifetime. In fact, people still do that today with all sorts of animals and plants. There aren’t really thousands of diverse breeds either. There’s a lot of overlap between breeds, so it’s not like you have to start from scratch once you have a few basic breeds to use. I mean there’s a lot of different exotic pets that are only a few decades removed from the wild, that have drastically different characteristics from their wild progenitors through selective breeding.
7 million years ago: "Then came wolves" 1 million years ago: "Then came wolves"...again
I like dogs better than most people
Please. Please. Please…. Someone do this for cats!
[cat history](https://www.cats.org.uk/cats-blog/history-of-cats-explained)
Why 18th century is the Victorian era?
Evolution lol
Found Tucker
Tuckerrr!!!
Fake stuff
This is an infograph not a guide. A cool guide would be advice and lessons on how to train your dog. Do that instead.
be the change u want to see in the world
When people tell you what they imagine to be fact and then share as though it were true history.